جٿهاني jiṭhānī S̱. (fem. of جيٿهـ, q. v.) s. f. Hus- bandʼs elder brotherʼs wife.

جواب jawāb A s. m. An answer, reply, any thing answering to another. جواب باصواب jawāb-i-bā-ṣawāb, s. m. A proper answer. جواب بالا jawāb-bālā, A kind of benediction (i. e. may your advice prevail). جواب ده jawāb-dih, An- swerer; adj. Amenable, accountable, responsi- ble, answerable. جواب دينا jawāb-denā, 1. To be accountable for, to be amenable or responsi- ble, to reply, to answer, to give an answer or account (of any commission, &c.). 2. To dis- charge, disband, to dismiss one from his office. جواب سوال jawāb suwāl, s. m. Altercation, conversation. جواب سوالي jawāb-suwāl-ī, s. m. Re- ply, rejoinder. جواب قطعي jawāb-i-ḳat̤ʼīﻌ, s. m. A definitive answer. جواب ملنا jawāb milnā, To be dismissed or discharged. جوات نامه ja- wāb-nāma, s. m. A writing fixed to the winding sheet, on the breast of the deceased, which it is intended that Munkar and Nakīr should read, in case the poor soul should be too much flurried to answer their questions. See منکرنکير munkar nakīr.

جهنجهنا jhunjhunā H s. m. A childʼs rattle.

جهلوانا jhalwānā H v. a. Causal of جهلنا jhalnā, q. v.

جاگا jāgā H 1. s. m. The name of a cast of Hindūs. 2. (dakh.) Place: see جگـﮩـ jagah.

جادج jādaj P s. m. A path. See جاده jāda. S. جادو यादव (from यदु) jādav, s. m. 1. A descendant of Yadu. 2. Kr̤ish̤ṇa, as descended from Yadu. جادوپت jādav-pati, s. m. Lord of the Yādavas, a title of Kr̤ish̤ṇa.

جلپاٴي jalpāʼī H s. f. 1. The Elæocarpus ser- ratus. 2. An olive.

جماو jamāʼo S̱. (from جمنا) s. m. 1. A crowd or multitude, collection, accumulation, accretion. 2. Coagulation.

جلندهر jalandhar S̱. (जलोदर) s. m. The dropsy.

جهانجها jhānjhā H s. m. The name of an insect, caterpillar, cabbage-worm.